Types
Causes
Treatments
Words to Know
100
What is the most common type of cancer in women?
Breast Cancer
100
This is the number one cause of Skin Cancer
Ultraviolet radiation from the sun
100
This treatment causes your hair to fall out.
Chemotherapy
100
The basic units that make up the human body
Cells
200
This type of cancer will affect the respiratory system
Lung Cancer
200
This involves a cigarette and is one of the causes of Kidney Cancer
Smoking
200
The work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities my manual or operative procedures
Surgery
200
The use of drugs to kill cancer cells
Chemotherapy
300
Blood cell cancer is also known as
Leukemia
300
The leading cause of liver cancer
Alcohol abuse
300
A type of cancer treatment that uses beans of intense energy to kill cancer cells
Radiation
300
A mass formed when normal cells begin to change and grow uncontrollably.
Tumor
400
This cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women in the United States
Colon Cancer
400
The leading cause of cancer. It also cannot be altered.
Genetic factors
400
A substance used for medical treatment or pain relief
Medication
400
The study of cancer
Oncology
500
The most common type of this cancer is Osteosarcoma.
Bone Cancer
500
This is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause Cervical Cancer
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
500
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
A treatment that uses special drugs called photosentisizing agents along with light to kill cancer cells
500
A way of describing cancer, such as where it is located, whether or where it has spreaders, and whether it is affecting the functions of organs in the body
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